The Critical and Miscellaneous Prose Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected: with Notes and Illustrations; an Account of the Life and Writings of the Author, Grounded on Original and Authentick Documents; and a Collection of His Letters, the Greater Part of which Has Never Before Been Published, Volumen2T. Cadell, jun. and W. Davies, 1800 |
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... seem to have any regard to truth , or so much as to the appear- ances of it ; and was an implacable enemy : but he had a peculiar way to make his friends depend on him , and to believe he was true to them . He was a positive and ...
... seem to have any regard to truth , or so much as to the appear- ances of it ; and was an implacable enemy : but he had a peculiar way to make his friends depend on him , and to believe he was true to them . He was a positive and ...
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... seem not so much a copy as an emanation of him . Moderation is doubtless ́an establishment of greatness ; but there is a stea- diness of temper which is likewise requisite in a minister of state : so equal a mixture of both virtues ...
... seem not so much a copy as an emanation of him . Moderation is doubtless ́an establishment of greatness ; but there is a stea- diness of temper which is likewise requisite in a minister of state : so equal a mixture of both virtues ...
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... seems naturally contrived for the defensive part ; and the consent of a people is easily obtained to contribute to that power which must protect it . Felices nimium bona si sua norint , Angligenæ ! And yet there are not wanting ...
... seems naturally contrived for the defensive part ; and the consent of a people is easily obtained to contribute to that power which must protect it . Felices nimium bona si sua norint , Angligenæ ! And yet there are not wanting ...
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... seems to be in the person of Octavia ; for though I might use the privilege of a poet , to introduce her into Alexandria , yet I had not enough considered , that the compassion she moved to herself and children was destructive to that ...
... seems to be in the person of Octavia ; for though I might use the privilege of a poet , to introduce her into Alexandria , yet I had not enough considered , that the compassion she moved to herself and children was destructive to that ...
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... seems unjust to me , that the French should prescribe here , till they have conquered . Our little sonnetteers who follow them , have too narrow souls to judge of poetry ; poets themselves are the most proper , though I conclude not the ...
... seems unjust to me , that the French should prescribe here , till they have conquered . Our little sonnetteers who follow them , have too narrow souls to judge of poetry ; poets themselves are the most proper , though I conclude not the ...
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